We'll discuss the state's use of security housing units amidst growing controversy. The American member of the International Court of Justice joins us. And Vanessa Diffenbaugh discusses her inspirational first novel, "The Language of Flowers."

CDCR on SHUSecurity Housing Units at Pelican Bay State
Prison have been undergoing scrutiny since thousands of
prisoners protested the California Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation's use of the SHU with a three-week hunger strike in July. A
legislative public hearing committee reviewed the CDCR's use of the
SHU last week. Concerns included the sometimes decades
inmates spend in the SHU, and the way corrections officers identify
potential prison gang members, who are most likely to become SHU
inmates. We'll speak with the CDCR's Undersecretary of
Operations, Scott Kernan, about the future of Security
Housing Units.

Recovery Happens What does it take to recover
from drug or alcohol addiction? Some people try again and again,
and never make it. Others do, but even after years - or decades -
of being sober, they still say they're in recovery. We'll talk with
a couple of people currently in recovery about their struggles and
hear what options there are for help in the State of California. September is
National Recovery Month and the California Association of
Addiction Recovery Resources and the California Department of
Alcohol and Drug Programs are holding an event at Capitol Park on
September 1st called Recovery Happens.